Flywire and Avanse Financial Services Announce Strategic Partnership to Digitize Student Loan Disbursements from India
Rhea-AI Summary
Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW) has partnered with Avanse Financial Services, India's second-largest education-focused non-banking financial company, to streamline student loan disbursements for Indian students studying abroad.
The strategic collaboration enables Indian students to process education loan payments in Indian Rupees (INR) through Flywire's platform, offering transparent payment tracking and automated Tax Collected at Source (TCS) calculations. Key benefits include:
- Competitive foreign exchange rates
- Transparent payment tracking
- Enhanced international banking compliance
- Automated TCS management
- Simplified documentation process
The integrated solution is immediately available and supports payment flows from India to academic institutions worldwide. This partnership helps Flywire expand its footprint in India's education loan market while simplifying the international education payment process for students, schools, and financial institutions.
Positive
- Strategic partnership with India's second-largest education NBFC expands payment flows to global academic institutions
- Integration unlocks new revenue stream from billions in Indian education loan payments
- Immediate solution deployment supporting worldwide academic payment flows
- Enhanced market penetration in India through integration with existing banking and loan systems
- Additional revenue potential from foreign exchange conversion fees
Negative
- Heavy dependence on Indian regulatory environment and TCS compliance
- Competitive pressure on foreign exchange conversion rates may impact margins
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, FLYW gained 1.18%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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Integrated solution enables Flywire to unlock new payment flows from India to academic destinations worldwide
Flywire further expands footprint in India, capitalizes on the billions of dollars of payment volume from education loans
BOSTON and MUMBAI, India, April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW) (Flywire), a global payments and enablement and software company, today announced its strategic partnership with Avanse Financial Services, India's second-largest education-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC). The collaboration simplifies the process of disbursing education loan payments for Indian students pursuing education opportunities abroad. The collaboration helps Flywire capitalize on tuition loan disbursements initiated by Avanse in Indian Rupees (INR) and builds on Flywire’s existing banking and loan integrations in India. The solution is available immediately and supports payment flows from India to academic destinations worldwide.
Through this integration, Flywire streamlines the entire payments experience for students who opt to get educational loans from Avanse. After loan approval, students process payments via Flywire entirely in Indian rupees, with the ability to monitor transactions until funds reach their university. Flywire ensures transparency over all loan disbursements, facilitates efficient refunds, and automates the complex Tax Collected at Source (TCS) calculations—ultimately saving both students and providers valuable time and resources while ensuring adherence to relevant tax guidelines.
"We're excited to collaborate with Avanse to enhance the process of student loan disbursements from India," commented Mina Fakhouri, SVP, APAC & Global Agents at Flywire. "The combination of Avanse’s presence in India and Flywire's innovative payment technology addresses a crucial market gap for both students and lending institutions. India remains an important market for Flywire, and we're excited to work together to deliver value to our partners, payers, educational institutions and beyond."
Additional benefits of the integration between Flywire and Avanse are expected to include:
- Competitive foreign exchange conversion rates for students
- Providing transparent payment tracking for students, schools and financial institutions
- Enhancing compliance with international banking regulations
- Managing TCS calculations for payments
- Simplifying the documentation requirements for both students and institutions
Rajesh Kachave, Chief Business Officer – Student Lending International Business of Avanse Financial Services, commented: "We believe in providing a holistic education financing experience. This collaboration with Flywire will create compelling and sustaining value for our customers, enabling them to focus entirely on their academics while leaving the financial complexities to us.”
About Flywire
Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company. We combine our proprietary global payments network, next-gen payments platform and vertical-specific software to deliver the most important and complex payments for our clients and their customers.
Flywire leverages its vertical-specific software and payments technology to deeply embed within the existing A/R workflows for its clients across the education, healthcare and travel vertical markets, as well as in key B2B industries. Flywire also integrates with leading ERP systems, such as NetSuite, so organizations can optimize the payment experience for their customers while eliminating operational challenges.
Flywire supports more than 4,500 clients with diverse payment methods in more than 140 currencies across more than 240 countries and territories around the world. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA with global offices. For more information, visit www.flywire.com. Follow Flywire on X , LinkedIn and Facebook.
About Avanse Financial Services
Avanse Financial Services Limited is an education-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC) on a mission to provide seamless and affordable education financing for every deserving Indian student. The company offers loans across three key segments:
Student Loan - International – Customized education financing solutions for Indian students pursuing undergraduate & postgraduate courses overseas
Education Loans Domestic – Customized financing solutions for Indian students seeking higher education at domestic institutions. It also includes loans for professionals engaging in executive learning programs, as well as financing for both curriculum fees for students enrolled in accredited schools and non-curriculum fees associated with skilling programs, executive education, and test preparation courses, all in India.
Educational Institution Loans – Collateral-backed financing solutions to private educational institutions, generally K-12 schools, located in peripheral areas of tier I cities and in tier II and beyond cities in India. For more information, please click here.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Flywire’s expectations regarding the benefits of its education clients and business, Flywire’s business strategy and plans, market growth and trends. Flywire intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as, but not limited to, “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “expect,” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations that involve risks, changes in circumstances, assumptions, and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in Flywire's forward-looking statements include, among others, the factors that are described in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Flywire's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and available on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov/. The information in this release is provided only as of the date of this release, and Flywire undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release on account of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
Contacts
Flywire
Media:
Sarah King
Media@Flywire.com
Investor Relations:
Masha Kahn
IR@Flywire.com
Avanse Financial Services
Koeli Dutta | Lead – Corporate Communication & Content
Mobile: +91 8879330544
Email ID: koeli.dutta@avanse.com
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